Germany

Doubts over the wisdom of staging the first CART race in the UK next weekend are intensifying following events in Germany.

NASCAR has followed the lead of the NFL and Major League Baseball, by postponing its activities this weekend, in the light of the tragedy in the US early this week.

CART CEO Joseph Heitzler has confirmed this weekend’s inaugural European race will take place – as reported yesterday on sportbusiness.com.

UFA Sports has signed a deal with Turkish soccer club Galatasaray to act as the marketing agency for the club for four years .

The first European CART race this weekend is expected to take place in Germany, despite security fears following Tuesday's terrorist attack in the US.

Sportsetail, the merchandising business owned as a joint venture by the UK’s Hay & Robertson and BSkyB, has reached a European product and distribution agreement with FIFA for the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan.

International sports leaders like to pretend to others, if not themselves, that sport is blissfully removed from politics.

The Kirch Group has confirmed its intention to merge Kirch Media with the listed broadcast company ProSiebenSAT.1.

England's footballers may insist that Wembley Stadium is no longer needed, but Patrick Carter, the businessman called in by the government, believes the old site is still the best option for a new national stadium.

The biggest names from last year's Sydney Olympics are back in Australia for the Goodwill Games with the event's organisers hoping Maurice Greene, Marion Jones and Ian Thorpe can save the event from oblivion.

The company in charge of the electronic timing system at the world swimming championships has admitted the touchpads that have caused so much trouble were not tested before the start of the competition.

Britain's sacked sports minister believes Britain broke a secret agreement with Germany by bidding to host the 2006 World Cup, according to a UK newspaper which published an interview with her on Sunday.

In recent years, the meteoric rise of technology, telecom and media (TMT) shares on the world's stock markets has changed the face of Formula One sponsorship. The recent downfall in the sector is now hurting the sport as it struggles keep sponsors.

The Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) is hoping to raise US$3 million (B

The World Corporate Games – due to be staged in Germany next month – have been cancelled.

England’s Football Association is warning fans to avoid buying black market tickets for the World Cup qualifier against Germany next week.

Anshutz Sports & Entertainment Group (AEG), the owners of the National Hockey League team the Los Angeles Kings and Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy, will invest in two Swedish clubs to expand its sporting assets outside the US.